Belgium - Pro LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Royal Antwerp and Cercle Brugge, taking place on Sunday, 09 April 2023, at Bosuilstadion in Antwerp.
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Royal Antwerp, Recent FormRoyal Antwerp have set themselves up nicely for this match by securing a 2-0 away win against Zulte Waregem in their previous league match. During that encounter they had 66% possession and had 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target, while their opponents hit 3 of their 7 shots on goal.
Their boss Mark van Bommel will be rightly happy with his team of late, having seen them score 12 goals in their last 6 matches while only letting 2 over their own goal line. Up front, they have been showing a certain level of consistency in breaching their opponents' defences, with goals netted in 5 of their last 6 outings. They are proving to be a hard team to beat, having kept 4 clean sheets in their last 6 matches.
They have had a strong run of form at Bosuilstadion recently, being undefeated in 5 of their last 6 home games and picking up 4 wins along the way.
Goalscorer Jurgen Ekkelenkamp will be planning to get himself on the scoresheet once more, having notched up 4 goals in his last 6 league matches for Royal Antwerp.
Cercle Brugge, Recent FormCercle Brugge will be very happy having secured 3 points in their last match with a significant 2-0 home win against Kortrijk. They came away from that fixture with a 49% share of the possession and clocked up 18 attempts on goal with 5 on target, in comparison to Kortrijk, who managed 6 attempts on goal, 4 of which were on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 10 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 8, and leading to valuable points being dropped. They are showing great consistency in finding the back of the net, having scored in 5 of their last 6 games. They are in some turmoil defensively at the moment and have been unable to record a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games.
Cercle will take some comfort from having only lost 1 of their last 6 games, but having managed just 2 wins shows there's room for improvement.
On an individual basis, Ayase Ueda will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 5 goals in Cercle Brugge's last 6 league games.
It was not a positive ending for Cercle Brugge last time they met Royal Antwerp in the league, with the game ending in a 0-2 defeat.
Antwerp will be confident of finding the net in this one against Groen en Zwart, with an impressive scoring record of at least 1 goal in their previous 11 encounters between the two sides.
Cercle has had a poor run in this fixture when they visit Antwerp, being unable to find a win from any of their last 5 league meetings at Bosuilstadion.
Antwerp manager Mark van Bommel has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Jurgen Ekkelenkamp (Unknown), Björn Engels (Hamstring), Faris Haroun (Foot), Vincent Janssen (Unknown), Koji Miyoshi (Knee), Anthony Valencia (Ankle) and Davino Verhulst (Knee) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Miron Muslic has a number of injury concerns in his Cercle squad to contend with: Radosław Majecki (Chest), Senna Miangué (Muscle), David Sousa (Unknown) and Edgaras Utkus (Meniscus)
Royal Antwerp Playing at home | Cercle Brugge Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.2 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 0.7 | Goals conceded | 1.6 |
| 23' | Time first goal scored | 31' |
| 27' | Time first goal conceded | 40' |
| 1.6 | Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.3 |
| 3.9 | Subs used | 3.5 |
| 5-0 | Biggest victory | 4-3 |
| 3-1 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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